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Nami vs Galio

How to Beat Galio as Nami in LoLNami is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Galio as Nami

based on 2,814 Nami vs Galio matchups
Win Rate
48 %
K/D/A
3.21
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches each and every week. In our database, Nami faced Galio 2814 times. Including so many matchups for Nami versus Galio provides us a lot of confidence in our capacity to prepare informative stats and a pro build to obliterate your opponent. This particular champion pairing is relatively rare. Nami is forced to battle against Galio in only 2.6% of her rounds.

Nami vs Galio Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Nami does a dismal job of countering Galio. Normally, she wins a lowly 48.0% of matches the champions face off with each other in. In Nami versus Galio matches, Nami’s team is 0.0% more probable to gain first blood, implying that she probably will get first blood against Galio.

Best Nami vs Galio Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Nami Items

~22 Mins
Ardent CenserImperial MandateStaff of Flowing Water

Optional Items

RedemptionDream MakerShurelya's BattlesongZaz'Zak's Realmspike

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nami to level upw
>
Second ability for Nami to level upe
>
Last skill for Nami to max outq

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
ResolveBone PlatingRevitalize
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Nami's passive ability p
Nami's q ability q
Nami's w ability w
Nami's e ability e
Nami's ultimate ability r
1
W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
10
E
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R
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E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Galio as Nami

Tips for Playing as Nami against Galio

Nami's ultimate can come in very handy for initiating on enemies who are far away.

Using Ebb and Flow during an engagement with enemy champions will help sway the battle in your favor.

Aqua Prison has a long cooldown, make sure to use it at the right moment.

Advice to Win Against Galio

Galio cannot traverse walls with Justice Punch.

Galio moves slower when he is charging Shield of Durand.

Hero's Entrance can be interrupted before Galio jumps into the air.

Nami vs Galio Counter Stats

Nami Image
Win Rate
48 %
VS
Win Rate
52 %
Galio Image
1.6
< Kills >
5.6
5.2
< Deaths >
5.9
15.1
< Assists >
8.7
0.29
< Killing Sprees >
1.26
23
< Minions Killed >
140
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.45
933
< Physical Damage >
454
7,322
< Magic Damage >
19,277
586
< True Damage >
486
8,842
< Damage Dealt >
20,217
15,914
< Damage Taken >
23,572
8,289
< Gold Earned >
10,742
2.15
< Towers >
1.74
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
9,940
< Total Healing >
2,312
10,492
< Experience >
13,367
57
< Vision Score >
22
25
< Wards Placed >
10
200
< Time Dealing CC >
117

How to Counter Galio with Nami in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature several critical Nami vs. Galio matchup stats that may help you explain the differences between this pair of champions. Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Galio’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Galio. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Nami typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. Typically, she receives less damage than Galio. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Nami and Galio

Damage Types Compared

Nami
Galio
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nami
Galio

Who is Better, Nami or Galio?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nami usually loses when facing off against Galio, with a 48.0% win rate. As a result, Nami makes a bad counter for Galio.

While Nami does have a lower winrate than Galio, when facing one another, Nami also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Nami into Galio.

Moreover, Nami has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Galio. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Nami vs Galio matchups, Galio is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Nami is a trash counter to Galio. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Nami against Galio.

Additional Information for Nami Players

How We Calculated Our Nami vs Galio Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Galio as Nami, we analyzed 2,814 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Galio as Nami comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Nami in order to counter Galio during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nami on average gets a lot less CS as Galio. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Nami versus Galio build consist of Ardent Censer, Imperial Mandate, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Nami combined at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better against Galio than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Nami boasted an average winrate of 48.0% when countering Galio with this counter build.

To have the best chance of annihilating Galio as Nami, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Nami vs Galio counterpicks, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.0% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Galio as Nami are given for all ranked divisions combined. To scope the statistics and builds to an individual division, you may use the selection menu located earlier on the page.